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Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired all US rights to writer-directors Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen's directorial debut horror feature. Ariel Veneziano's Recreation Media will handle international sales.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release the story of a team of young professionals who succumb to what appears to be an insanity virus in an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
The Rasmussen Brothers produced with Glenn Cooper, Roger Danchik and Jon Huberman. Veneziano will screen the film for buyers at AFM.
The deals with Grindstone and Recreation were negotiated by Ronna Wallace of Eastgate Pictures on behalf of the Rasmussens and Stan Wertlieb and Christy Cannon for Grindstone.

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IT Support in Crowborough and East Grinstead.
We provide IT Support in Crowborough and East Grinstead. With our HQ in Uckfield on the Bellbrook Industrial Estate, and with staff living in Uckfield and Crowborough – we offer fast, effective and proactive response to businesses in the nearby towns of Crowborough and East Grinstead. With old friends and clients like Scandinavia Direct based at Jarvis Brook who we have supported for some yrs – we can offer excellent references. In East Grinstead, we have worked with accountants Place Campbell for some 15 or more years too.
We have 20 staff, a turnover of around £2m and around 100 clients across the counties of Sussex and Hampshire. We are a service driven company that is dedicated to providing its clients the service that they tell us they want. We listen to our clients and build services around their needs – we do not have a sales agenda – our company is built on the long term retention of clients and staff.
Our support services range…
Embedded IT Support
Meaning that a Weald technician spends a number of days per week on a client site, acting as their IT Manager / Support technician. This is a named and dedicated engineer to which the client has access to directly, even when he is away from the client site.
Remote Support (per user per month)
Our helpdesk has a permanent staff of 9 – ranging from 1st line to 3rd line. Some of these staff are available on a dedicated basis per client and act as an outsourced IT support person but without the on-site element. In today's world whilst face to face is a pleasant experience it is not entirely necessary and it is more cost efficient to work remotely.
A combination of IT Support and Managed services
Realistically, every Weald client has a unique set of needs and to meet with those needs we put together a mix of services, products and support options that typically are on a monthly subscription. This might include x number of hours per week on site, support of x number of people remotely, Anti Virus for all devices, Office 365 billed by Weald, Domain Hosting, specific response times for specific business functions.
Banked Hours (STAFF IT) or Pay as you go.
You don't have to have a specific monthly contract. You can just purchase a block of hours and draw those down as required in blocks of 15 minutes for remote work. We don't expire these hours so they could sit in the bank for years if your business simply doesn't need IT support at that time. The more hours you buy, the cheaper the hourly rate – so we do have some clients buying around 50 hours per month, and using them.


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Earlier today my friend Kaitlen sent me a link to a dress that she was confident I would love…and she was right.
Erin who blogs about her sewing projects on A Dress a Day just put up this amazing and adorable gaming themed dress. How adorable is it? I love the 50s cut of the dress and the simple yet beautiful Tetris pattern. This is certainly not Erin's first geeky chic masterpiece, many of you will remember her adorable Darth Vader Dress.


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Training hard isn't the only way to race faster. These triathlon-racing tips will help you race smarter—and maybe even help move you up the ranks.
Know the Course
If you take a shot in the dark, that's what you're going to get. Knowing what you're getting into, on the other hand, is a huge advantage, says Earl Walton, head coach for TriLife in New York City (www.trilife.org).
You can't make an effective race plan unless you know exactly what and where the challenges are. "You might be slogging up a 7-mile hill and not know that you have the chance to gain speed with 10 miles of downhill right afterward," Walton says.
Ride or at least scout the course beforehand.
More: 11 Tips for Your First Triathlon
Ride Through the Hill
"To really be fast, you must not rest at the top of a hill," says Selene Yeager, author of Every Woman's Guide to Cycling. Squelch the natural reaction at the top of the hill to grab your water bottle and think you're done. Fast and strategic racers, she says, "finish faster than they started on the climb, and they recover as they pedal down the hill."
Yeager, who also races semi-pro for Team CF (http://teamcf.org), says you need to do this on every hill. "If you're not used to charging over the hill and recovering on the fly, you won't do it at a race and your competitors will get away from you."
More: Climbing Smart on Race Day
Take a Minute in the First Mile of the Run
Don't be afraid to stop or slow down when you come out of your second transition (T2) and head out on the run. You won't gain speed if you come out of T2 with your heart rate skyrocketing and try to keep going.
"The person who stops and gathers themselves may take an extra 20 seconds in mile one," Walton says, "but they're going to be able to run better for the rest of the race."
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The following report was written by Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson of the IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee and published originally on the IAJGS Public Records Access Alert mailing list:
The (US) Department of Commerce announced that effective April 1, 2018 the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) implemented upgrades to modernize and enhance access to the Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF). One of the changes is their new website accessible at: https://ladmf.ntis.gov/ You will have to register at the site to familiarize yourself with and the new subscription options.
You may recall that when the proposed certification to the LADMF was announced, genealogists basically could not be certified as they could not meet the onerous requirements for business security and the cost of subscriptions. The submitted testimonies by various genealogical groups, including the IAJGS and the Records Preservation and Monitoring Committee (RPAC) of which IAJGS is a sponsoring member fell on "deaf ears".
The remainder of the notice sent to IAJGS is copied in its entirety below as it is not posted to their website:
"Part of the upgrade includes improving the security for data access. NTIS accomplished this by making raw data subscriptions other than the LADMF Base File available only through Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). NTIS no longer offers LADMF updates on CD ROM or DVD. NTIS also discontinued the Quarterly Updates. However, subscribers who would like to continue receiving raw data will still be able to obtain the Weekly and Monthly Updates via SFTP at the listed price when they renew or may instead choose one of the online search options described below. Because of its size, the LADMF Base File, which consists of more than 86 million entries, will remain available exclusively on CD ROM or DVD until further notice. The changes described in this paragraph will be implemented as subscriptions are renewed.
As the date for each subscriber's raw data subscription renewal approaches, the NTIS subscription management team will be reaching out to existing customers to support the transition to the new NTIS-provided data products (contact firstname.lastname@example.com).
NTIS also simplified the subscription online search options to make selecting the services you need much easier. Customers already subscribing to online search products will not be charged more for the same product. However, the new option may cost more or less than the current subscription when you renew. Please note that only the mode of access will change; the data content and elements remain the same.
The new online search subscription options are described at: https://ladmf.ntis.gov/Products/Products
NTIS would like to remind you that all subscribers of the LADMF intending to use its data on a continuing basis must, after receiving a complete LADMF Base File, keep that file updated by purchasing a subscription to the weekly or monthly updates. Any subscriber who does not receive the updates on a continual basis is not keeping the LADMF up to date.
Licensees who resell LADMF in accordance with 15 CFR Part 1100 must notify their customers of the changes in LADMF product offerings and should also remind them that, to maintain an up to date LADMF Base File, they must continue to purchase the weekly or monthly updates."
To read the previous postings NTIS requirements for certification to access the LADMF database go to the archives of the IAJGS Records Access Alert at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/. You must be registered to access the archives. To register go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization with whom you are affiliated You will receive an email response that you have to reply to or the subscription will not be finalized.
Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee


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For Lupe Fiasco, it was in some ways a heartbreaking year. In an interview last summer with MTV he broke down as he watched a 2006 video of himself and friends in his old West Side neighborhood, the laughter and easy camaraderie undercut by the realization that a number of those acquaintances were now dead, victims of gang violence.
Then he found himself the target of a nasty hate tweet from Chicago's latest hip-hop star, Chief Keef, who objected to Lupe's misgivings about the message sent by the new breed of gangsta rappers in a city with an alarmingly high rate of shooting deaths. Soon after that exchange, Lupe suggested he might quit hip-hop altogether, shaken that the message he intended to send was twisted into something personal between him and Keef.
"My concern, and what everyone's concern should be, is that the circumstances that create a culture like that haven't changed," Lupe later explained in an interview with the Tribune. "There have been no real solutions. So why wouldn't you expect a new crop of music like this from all cities?"
More forcefully than ever, Lupe rose again as a voice of reason in what has been a deadly year for Chicago. Born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco 30 years ago, he grew up on the bullet-scarred West Side and initially started emulating gangsta rappers before forging a more contemplative, socially conscious style that turned him into one of the most respected voices in hip-hop.
On his fourth studio album, "Food & Liquor: The Great American Album Pt. 1" (1st & 15th/Atlantic), released a few months ago, he upped the ante again with his most ambitious set of lyrics. It's nothing less than a minihistory of the United States, filtered through the teachings of scholars like Howard Zinn, whose 1980 classic, "A People's History of the United States," documented the toll inflicted on common people by political and corporate power grabs.
Lupe takes on the role of teacher and cutup, preacher and street poet, a conflicted citizen who embraces the resilience of African-American culture even as he laments the community's penchant for self-inflicted wounds. His songs laser in on the perpetuation of female stereotypes, the mistreatment of Native Americans, the abuse of the ecology and CIA brainwashing. Heavy lifting, for sure, and yet the best songs also have a spring in their step. You can even dance to some of it. The closing "Hood Now" is a celebration of how far the African-American community has come, the beauty it has created in spite of the odds. It's a grace note on an album brimming with time-to-wake-up urgency.
"I'm afraid Chicago is dying," Lupe told the Tribune this year, but he believes his city's fate isn't sealed. There is a strain of violence and hopelessness in some of the more popular hip-hop emerging from the city this year. But there is another Chicago tradition of soul and affirmation that stretches back to Curtis Mayfield and the Staple Singers through the work of rappers such as Common and Rhymefest that Lupe insists can be just as relevant.
"You have people coming out of the city that carry the same DNA of progression, change and hope, which inspires musicians and poets to combat (the culture of violence), an opposing voice," he said. "I hope to be one of those."
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Stylewatch Style News Now Katie Holmes Speaks Out About Holmes & Yang Ending: 'I'm Concentrating on Acting and Motherhood'
Many fashionistas were surprised to hear of the sudden demise of Holmes & Yang, Katie Holmes's five-year-old clothing line with her stylist Jeanne Yang. Despite the line's increasingly high profile, landing high-fashion spreads and and a spot at New York Fashion Week, the split had apparently been a long time coming.
At the time, insiders speculated about the reason Holmes and Yang ended their partnership, but the two key players were staying silent. Now, Holmes has spoken to Elle UK about the split. "I loved every minute of my time working on Holmes & Yang. I remain passionate about the design aesthetic we created, and am so happy with what Jeanne and I accomplished," she said. "However I am now concentrating on acting and motherhood, which did not leave the label the time and attention it deserved. I'm really thrilled that the final showcase for Holmes & Yang is in Elle — I had a blast at my shoot for the magazine. It is fantastic to feel like it's ending on a high."
Yang declined to comment to PEOPLE, but last week, a source shared some insight with us. "They have different approaches to absolutely everything: how to run the company, how to promote it and how to handle the press," the source said. "The conflict isn't about any one thing, it's sort of about everything."
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Exclusive: Interview with Director Sidney Lumet
You'd be hard pressed to name a director with more classic films to his credit than Sidney Lumet, who is celebrating his 50th year as a filmmaker (and that's not counting seven years learning his craft in live television). Beginning with his first feature, the Oscar-nominated Twelve Angry Men, in 1957, Lumet went on to make Fail-Safe, The Pawnbroker, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Serpico, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, Murder on the Orient Express, Prince of the City, The Verdict, Daniel, The Morning After, and Running on Empty.
A master of the crime melodrama, Lumet is back in theaters with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, which is getting rave reviews (you can check some out on metacritic.com). I had the pleasure of speaking to the veteran director at the Toronto Film Festival—you can read some of his comments after the jump:
Were you attracted to the fact that these characters are so despicable?
Absolutely—I'm a great disbeliever in the studios approach that you've got to have somebody to love in a movie. Not at all! People that you can dislike are as valuable as people you can adore. There was a not bad movie done brilliantly by the magnificent Jonathan Demme about a guy who ate people! On a good day! And not only that, what's fascinating about [The Silence of the Lambs] is that it was not only about this terrible psychopath but this perverted love story. And you accepted it—that odd relationship and that strange strange man were wonderful, and despicable.
You like to rehearse your actors, which film stars aren't always used to. Do any of them ever give you trouble about it?
Generally I find that most actors love rehearsal—almost every actor I've worked with, even the ones who've not had a theatrical background. I remember when I worked with Jeff Brides on The Morning After. Jeff had had no theater background. He'd always been a movie actor, his father was one, his brother was one, and he said "Gee Sidney, I don't know about [rehearsing], what if I use up all the spontaneity?" That's what screen actors worry about. But by the second day he was in hog heaven. Most actors—I'll tell you how much they like it, they will even do it for nothing.
Your new film has a level of sex and violence comparable to what we used to see in films of the 1970s, yet some viewers seem surprised by it. Have audiences grown more conservative in recent decades?
I think there's a split—there's a lot more freedom, but also a greater conservative influence on it. Knocked Up, which I loved, really made me laugh, is really at the heart of it a very conservative movie. They get married, he turns out to be a wonderful father, the word abortion is never mentioned. Now I don't know whether that's because [writer/director Judd] Apatow is genuinely conservative or they want to be careful of a conservative audience, who knows? But there's no doubt at the same time you've got many more outrageous and flagrant ideas and behavior in movies.
You've made so many memorable films, they must be after you all the time to do DVD commentary tracks. Do you enjoy doing those?
I don't know this myself, but they tell me that people like those things on DVDs, that it's a reason they buy them. I think there's some myth in that. I'm very careful when I do one not to reveal how we did things, because I think that disturbs the concentration of people watching them.
It's great that you're still working and still enjoying it.
I don't understand why people retire—well, I do, it's because they're doing work they don't want to be doing. That's not my case, thank god. [They'll have to] carry me out, I'm not going to give up.


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Organizing your office network? Individual computers provide opportunities for tremendous productivity gains, but they become many times more powerful when they're connected to one another in data networks that give them the ability to share data and processing resources. Chris Peters tells us how.
With a network, five colleagues can read and edit an evolving document from their own computer with minimal effort and coordination. Without a network, these colleagues have to share time on the same computer or work out a process for exchanging removable storage media (for example, floppy diskette or USB drive). In a similar fashion, networks let us all realise economies of scale by running resource-hungry applications on high-power hardware
In this article we'll discuss some of the basic concepts and definitions underlying modern networks. In this article's companion piece: Networking 101: Evaluating Your Needs and Options, we'll define and describe the basic hardware components that organizations need to acquire and install in order to build a network. That article also contains a list of further resources that you can consult for a more detailed, comprehensive explanation of networking concepts and technologies.
What Is a Computer Network?
In the broadest sense, a network is any interconnected group of people or things capable of sharing meaningful information with one another. In a technology context, network is usually short for "computer network" or "data network" and implies that computers are the things sharing the meaningful information. At a conceptual level, all data networks consist of nodes, which refers to any computer or digital device using the network and links, the physical connections (either wired or wireless) that carry messages between nodes.
Data networks are important to all contemporary organizations because they provide faster, easier access to any message or data that can be represented and stored in digital format. For example, when your colleagues and predecessors research an issue relevant to your organization and share their data and conclusions with you in a data format your computer recognises, you can copy key information from their report into your own, saving yourself significant amounts of time (of course, you're always sure to give credit where it's due). If the colleague whose work you're relying on works in the same cubicle as you and they remember where they've stored the relevant report, a network may not offer significant advantages since you can turn to him or he and ask for the file on a CD or USB flash drive. However, in many organizations, large distances separate co-workers, and data sharing becomes a significant logistical problem in the absence of a network.
In addition to data sharing, computer networks also enable resource sharing, an important consideration in all budget-conscious organizations. Rather than buying one printer for every employee and replacing them when they wear out, an organization with a network can buy a single printer, connect it to the network, and configure it in such a way that every computer user in the organization can print to it. The initial cost of a networked printer is usually more than the cost of a single desktop printer, but when considering costs on a per-user basis, the average cost of the networked printer is often much less than the cost of buying a printer for every employee. While some networked devices such as printers, scanners, and fax machines have predetermined, specialised functions, you can also network and share generic, unspecialised computing power in the form of servers. Servers are large, powerful computers that can handle resource-intensive tasks more efficiently than desktop computers. As with the networked printer, the initial outlay for a server is more than that for a desktop computer, but across the organization, it's often cheaper to run the server-based version of a program since individual users won't need expensive, high-performance desktop and laptop computers. Servers can also deploy software to other networked machines at a lower cost. For more information on this topic, read Networks 101: An Introduction to Server Applications.
Roles and Responsibilities
Networks also vary considerably in terms of the roles and responsibilities of the computers on that network and the relationships that tie those machines together. A computer totally disconnected from other devices is typically referred to as a standalone machine.
When several computers are interconnected, but no computer occupies a privileged position, the network is usually referred to as a peer-to-peer network. In this type of network, every computer can communicate with all the other machines on the network, but in general each one stores its own files and runs its own applications.
With a client-server network, one or more servers will perform critical functions on behalf of the other machines (the clients) on the network. These functions might include user authentication, data storage, and the running of large, shared, resource-intensive applications such as databases and client relationship management (CRM) software. Typically, both peer-to-peer and client-server networks rely on a shared Internet connection for access to external resources of these basic network structures.
Another type of network that's been rapidly gaining in popularity over the past decade is the cloud-based network. In this model, an organization pays a third-party vendor to host data, applications and other resources on servers and manages those resources via a web browser. A cloud-dependent network can be simpler, cheaper, and greener than a client-server network since you aren't buying, maintaining and powering your own servers. However, it's not necessarily the right solution for every organization – particularly those that handle and store sensitive client data or health records. Learn more about cloud computing for your not-for-profit or library on TechSoup's cloud page.
Standards and Protocols
Protocols, also known as standards, are essential parts of many modern technologies. In essence, they're consensus-based documents that describe guidelines for vendors, manufacturers, and other stakeholders in order to ensure quality and interoperability in a diverse, competitive marketplace. Most networking protocols are fairly obscure and you only need to worry about them if something goes wrong. However a few standards are so widely adopted that every decision-maker and accidental techie needs to know their names and basic functions. Discussing networking without implicit or explicit reference to Ethernet and TCP/IP protocols is like discussing American law and politics without reference to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Furthermore, adopting widely-accepted protocols (also known as de facto standards) has benefits in all aspects of technology, since it's a form of future-proofing. When you need to repair, replace, or upgrade networking equipment years from now, you can safely predict that products and services compatible with today's widely-adopted standards will still be available. Therefore, you can replace a few pieces of outdated equipment without building a new network from scratch. Also, you'll be able to find technicians and consultants who still understand these protocols.
After several decades of struggle amongst competing network protocols (each with a different corporate sponsor), three sets of network protocols emerged as de facto standards for local networks by the late 1990s. In local area networks, Ethernet over twisted pair (also known as 10 BASE T, twisted-pair Ethernet, or IEEE 802.3) is the accepted standard for wired networking while 802.11b/g/n (or WiFi) is the accepted standard for wireless networks. The TCP/IP protocol stack is a standard component of almost all modern networks, especially when those networks expect to communicate on the Internet where TCP/IP is the lingua franca. In wide area networking, there still exists a large degree of diversity and competition among networking protocols. However, at the local network level, any networking technology your organization adopts should be compatible with the three standards mentioned above.
Further Resources
Cisco provides a number of educational resources about networking online and in print that range from basic to advanced. For a fairly gentle overview of basic networking topics, read Networking Basics on Cisco's site or Cisco Networking Simplified. Lantronix's Ethernet Tutorial is another good introduction-level overview of networking.
For a more in-depth discussion of network design and related topics, check out Cisco's Internetwork Design Guide. CompTIA Network 2009 In Depth and other exam prep guides for the Network+ certification also offer thorough yet readable coverage of fundamental networking topics.
Networking offers a variety of advantages for many not-for-profits and libraries over standalone machines, but they're not necessarily needed for every office or work scenario. Continue reading the other parts of our Networks 101 series to better assess your needs and see what options are out there to fit them.
About Chris Peters
Chris is a former technology writer and technology analyst for TechSoup for Libraries, which aims to provide IT management guidance to libraries. His previous experience includes working at Washington State Library as a technology consultant and technology trainer, and at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a technology trainer and tech support analyst. He received his M.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1997.
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This looks like a contradiction to me. This should never be true! Yet, if I transform it using $p \rightarrow q := \neg p \vee q$, I get $\neg P \vee \neg P$, which is $\neg P$, which is satisfiable!
$ P \rightarrow (\neg P \rightarrow P)$
Similarly, the same thing happens here. I look at this, and I see the part inside parentheses and say "so this is basically just $P \rightarrow (false)$- that's true half of the time"
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Best new restaurant? Chef of the year? Cherry-picking the best of the best of Orange County's food scene and settling on a solitary chef of the year, one overall restaurant of the year, one preeminent pastry chef, the single most impressive newcomer, plus one legendary icon, and a beverage program that stood out among all the others is a daunting task. Agonizing choices had to be made. The possibilities were numerous, but the awards are few.
After a year's worth of dining – nearly 400 meals and counting – it all comes down to this, my first end-of-year restaurant awards for the Orange County Register. And the winners are…
Noah Blom: Arc, Shuck Oyster Bar
Noah Blom's rise to the top might seem swift, but this Orange County native hasn't taken any shortcuts. He simply got a head start by securing his first kitchen job at the age of 14 at The Ritz in Newport Beach. He eventually took his knives to New York and worked in the trenches with some of America's best chefs like Daniel Boulud and Laurent Tourondel. He helped the latter open 14 restaurants across the U.S.
When he opened Shuck Oyster Bar in Costa Mesa last year at age 33, he gave Orange County residents exactly what we were missing before we even realized it: a no-nonsense, oyster bar with a profound appreciation for quality and simplicity. From a business perspective, it was a risky niche, a daring but ultimately brilliant move. And when he followed that with Arc, he took an even bigger risk and gave us what the entire country was craving: a groundbreaking, back-to-basics reprieve from modernist cuisine. By eschewing the avant-garde, he became the avant-garde. Everything at Arc is cooked over the wood-burning grill or in the wood-fueled oven. Even the simplest of tasks that other chefs take for granted, like boiling a pot of water, must be done using a live wood fire.
Of course, it's never enough to simply be a rebel. This guy can cook. Using that wood-burning grill and an assortment of cast-iron pans, he transforms a half-dozen different mushrooms and a free-range egg into an epiphany. Employing the fiery hearth and a big spoonful of duck fat, he turns potatoes into a luxury good. The steaks, the tacos, the burger … it all might sound familiar, but rest assured, nobody else is cooking food like this.
And here's something more to look forward to: Blom has ordered a new, even larger wood-fired grill for Arc, one with a smoker built in. As soon as it arrives, which should be any day now, he'll be moving the existing grill to Shuck, where he plans to expand the menu to include wood-fired seafood and more.
Arc, 3321 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa. 949-500-5561
Shuck, 3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa. 949-420-0478
Marché Moderne
One of greatest bragging rights about living in Orange County is the fact that we've got the best French bistro in the state. At Marché Moderne, chef/owners Florent and Amelia Marneau perfectly blend the joie de vivre of Paris with the casual, laid-back lifestyle of Southern California.
There are plenty of reasons Marché Moderne is consistently one of the busiest restaurants in the county. The service is both charming and professional. The globally influenced French cuisine is always meticulously crafted and beautifully presented. The overall experience of dining here always feels special, whether you're taking a break from shopping to enjoy a slice of ham and a perfect baguette or whether you've made this your destination for a multi-course celebration with caviar, Champagne and all the trimmings. At this moment, and for quite awhile now, this is still the restaurant to beat.
South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St, 3rd floor, Costa Mesa. 714-434-7900
Little Sparrow
Every neighborhood needs a restaurant like Little Sparrow, which is perhaps more chameleon than bird. It's a youthful American cafe with an old European soul. The restaurant splits the difference between comforting and thrilling, easily transitioning from one mood to the next. One minute, it's a casual, somewhat boisterous lunchroom. Hours later it's an elegant dinner destination with white tablecloths and romantic lighting. And if you take the adjoining bar into account, it's also one of the hottest places in the county, where a person can take part in the artisanal cocktail movement while enjoying smartly curated music.
It didn't take long for Little Sparrow to become the best restaurant in a neighborhood already known for great dining and drinking. Rising star chef Eric Samaniego cooks with sophistication and finesse, easily shifting from lunchtime's big, fat, buttery, house-cured pastrami sandwiches to dinnertime's supple, elegant oxtail ravioli dressed in the style of Rome's famous cacio e pepe or those beautiful little lamb meatballs that are as light and fluffy as clouds. And if you follow the restaurant on Facebook and see a post about freshly made donuts, run as fast as you possibly can before they sell out.
300 N. Main St., Santa Ana. 714-265-7640
Jeff Lehuede: Andrea
Jeff Lehuede is a Frenchman trapped in an Italian restaurant, and while that might seem like a nightmare to most French chefs, it is actually a match made in heaven. Like most people in France who choose cooking as a career, Lehuede wasted no time answering his calling. He received his master certificate in pastry while still a teenager. He came of age in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris, and then set off on a romantic, sugar-fueled journey through Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong before eventually landing in Orange County. Before joining Andrea, he was the pastry chef at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel.
Lehuede now channels all of that strict French discipline and globally aware mindset into desserts that are distinctly, unmistakably Italian. And although each one is a work of art, his desserts come across as pretty rather than precious.
He has taken tiramisu and fashioned it into something far more regal than a mere trifle. Tiramisu, in his eyes, is clearly a concept rather than a recipe. Similarly, a poached pear is never just a poached pear. It's a winter-berry-glazed pear nesting in a cloud of red-wine zabaglione – or sabayon, if you prefer the French spelling, as he does – juxtaposed with a warm pear pistachio cake. The chef makes gelato in the surprising flavor of olive oil and pairs it with a gently quivering custard similar to a panna cotta, stuffed with an amarena cherry. But he's never content to leave you with just that.
After you've finished dessert and are relishing everything that's just happened on your tongue, out comes one final flourish, a silver candelabra-like device loaded with bite-sized candies and cakes. Willpower be damned. You will be seduced.
The Resort at Pelican Hill, 22701 Pelican Hill Road, Newport Beach. 855-315-8214
Broadway by Amar Santana
Broadway by Amar Santana isn't just a great place to eat. It's also a great place to drink. General manager Ahmed Labbate and sommelier Michael McConnell oversee one of the most compelling wine lists in California. It's not exactly the biggest or the deepest cellar around, but it is one of the most unique.
On any given day there might be as many as 30 wines being poured by the glass, and Broadway seems hellbent on a solo quest to bring half-bottles back into vogue, because, you know, some days you might want a mere taste of a fine sancerre or chardonnay before moving on to couple bottles of pinot noir. And pinot noir is where this list truly distinguishes itself. The menu offers at least 60 labels of the grape, including eight or nine variations of the highly coveted Kosta Browne, plus the likes of Pflender, Sea Smoke, Kanzler, Walt, Domaine Boillot, Soliste … with a range of prices to suit just about any wallet, but if you've got a hundred dollars or so to spend on a bottle, you will drink some of the best wine of your life here.
But it's not just the wine. It's the cocktails, too. Bar manager Gabriele Dion is one of the top mixologists of Orange County. Rarely does the term "chef" appropriately apply to what a bartender does, but the drinks she comes up with are as culinarily significant as Santana's modern American cuisine. Dion's apothecary-like vernacular includes exotic ingredients such as orange oil, rosemary water, smoked sea salt, grilled pineapple syrup, Swedish punsch and vanilla-infused cynar. And she clearly takes as much pleasure in naming her drinks – Blindfolded Bowman, Cobra Clutch, Veruca Salt or Aduld Snow Cone – as she does making them.
This is not a destination for teetotalers.
328 Glenneyre Street, Laguna Beach. 949-715-8234
Napa Rose
The O.C. Icon Award honors an institution open for 10 years or more that continues to set the standards and raise the bar for the entire restaurant community. No restaurant fits that description better than Napa Rose.
With chef Andrew Sutton at the helm from the beginning, the kitchen at Disney's premier dining room continues to set itself apart from the crowd with innovative dishes like a buffalo carpaccio that's topped with toasted birdseed or a fricassee of rabbit with caramelized chanterelle mushrooms and pillowy chive dumplings or a strikingly beautiful filet of Pacific ono paired with grilled octopus.
Hanging on the back trophy wall of Napa Rose, there's a picture of a magazine article from 2002 showing pan-roasted sea scallops in a colorful ink-splat nage of citrus and vanilla. That very dish still graces the menu today, and it feels as fresh and modern and as intriguing as ever.
Being in the heart of Disney, it will always be hard to achieve the perfect state of grace for which most restaurants of this caliber strive, but even at the height of the holiday rush, when everyone wants to dine here with their kids if for no other reason than to partake in the restaurant's famous hot chocolate, the dining room somehow remains an oasis of adult charm in the midst of so much childlike glee.
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, 1600 S Disneyland Drive. 714-781-3463
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OLED enables direct charges across a molecule-wide IC
Keywords:20nm? OLED? microscale circuit?
Nanoscale electronics has continued to raise the bar on keeping heat and electricity from leaking out of microscopic circuits, so much that chipmakers and academic researchers turn to rather extreme measures to develop circuits below the 20nm level.
There are plenty of research efforts under way to develop reliable ways to build processors with circuits smaller than 14nm (the current commercial state of the art). MIT researchers say that the circuits should assemble themselves. Others are putting their faith in exotic materials or super-refined versions of current methods that use high-energy ultraviolet light, rather than the tired old visible spectrum.
However, researchers at the University of Rochester have slimmed things down far below even the ambitious targets of those projects. They have found a way to send an electric charge across a circuit one molecule wide while insulating it enough to smother the static and field leakage that make microscale circuits (let alone nanoscale ones) difficult to use.
An inert organic layer one molecule thick connects the positive and negative electrodes in a molecular-junction OLED and insulates the conductor above. Source: University of Rochester
"Until now, scientists have been unable to reliably direct a charge from one molecule to another," Alexander Shestopalov, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester, said in a press release. "But that's exactly what we need to do when working with electronic circuits that are one or two molecules thin." His team published a paper describing the process in the April issue of the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces (registration required).
Shestopalov's team linked an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) to a power source using a microscopic strand of inorganic conductor laid across a one-molecule-thick layer of nonreactive organic material, which insulated the conductor from the underlying environment and allowed for a clean flow of electricity to the OLED.
The insulating layer also contained the charge well enough within the conducting layer to let the researchers closely control the flow by manipulating the charge or changing the hydrogen content in the conducting material to increase or decrease the rate of flow to match the volume required by the OLED.
The bi-layer approach counteracts the variability of even heavily insulated single-layer nanoscale conductors or those that function with little or no insulation.
The resulting product is relatively simple to manufacture, and its performance is consistent and predictable, but it is too fragile to be practical with the materials Shestopalov used as a proof point. "The system we developed degrades quickly at high temperatures. What we need are devices that last for years and that will take time to accomplish."
His goal is to create practical, effective materials that combine layers of semi-conductive materials into composites that can be used for high-efficiency solar cells and other photovoltaics and to increase the efficiency of optical devices by shrinking their components to nanoscale using techniques and materials that make it possible to microprint them easily and cost-effectively.
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Saison grows up - and gets four stars
Saison has grown up and has turned into a glorious restaurant.
Chef-owner Josh Skenes, who opened Saison in the Mission a few years ago, always had a touch of rebel in him. Even now you see him among his white-clad crew in jeans and an untucked shirt.
Last year, Skenes moved the restaurant to a space near AT&T Park - a former warehouse, with concrete floors, exposed duct work wrapped in shiny silver insulation, and no barriers between the kitchen and dining room. When I reviewed the restaurant in April 2013, I gave it four stars for food, but only two for decor and service. At the time, there was no valet parking, which can be a real problem when the Giants are playing a home game.
A few months after the review, management started offering valet: $20 on a normal night and $30 on game nights. It's expensive, but when you're paying $248 for the standard menu (about 18 courses), and $398 for a longer, customized "discovery" menu, it probably doesn't matter.
Skenes also remodeled a few months ago, extending the wall above the bank of stainless steel refrigerators up to the 35-food ceiling, which hides the duct work. The concrete floor was covered with dark blue carpet in the dining area, and wood to define the kitchen.
Both changes add a finishing touch to the decor, but they don't obliterate the organic feel of the brick walls and open ceiling that honors its founding as California Electric, a historic structure built in 1888.
However, Skenes has strengthened the connection between the kitchen and the dining room by having the cook who made the dish deliver it to the table. It brings the food full circle and helps guests understand the intricate preparation that some might think is just sashimi on a plate.
Flavors, textures
And, believe me, it's much more than that. Skenes and his crew create a unique ballet of flavors and textures, coaxing unexpected nuances from the ingredients.
On my recent return visit, we decided to go with the less expensive $248 menu. And, instead of choosing from the extensive wine list - it's grown so much that co-owner Mark Bright has separate leather binders for the whites and the reds - or for ordering the course-by-course wine pairings (an additional $248), we asked the sommelier to select a few wines for matching. His choices went brilliantly with the food.
Shortly after we were seated, the waiter - they are all in suits - poured a splash of Krug Champagne, followed by warm towels for the hands. Then, explaining that Skenes likes to start his meals with tea, he brought out a white cylindrical cup of Meyer lemon and Douglas fir honey infusion with a raffia string hanging down the side tied to a bouquet of herbs balanced on the rim. We dunked it into the pale yellow liquid, sat back and began to enjoy the ride.
Waiters check to see if there are dietary restrictions; once that's out of the way, diners are in the hands of the kitchen - they never really know what will come next, but just about every course is touched by fire. Because many dishes are delicate, precise and refined, and the smoky elements are always subtle, it's a guessing game as to where the flames come in.
The first course was a beautiful domed crystal bowl holding a smoked, cured chunk of sturgeon belly on kelp, topped with caviar resting on an amber pad of gelee made from the grilled sturgeon bones. The dash of smoke, the brininess of the sea and the richness of the fatty fish float around the mouth and come together in a single, integrated bite.
That was followed by a barigoule of artichoke fortified with wild thistle milk becomes a broth that surrounds a chunk of artichoke and scallop, a prelude to three crudo dishes that arrived in rapid succession: sea bream lightly seared in hot coals and topped with a cherry blossom; golden eye snapper, barely warmed under coals and drizzled with vinegar made from the grilled bones; and a glistening chunk of pickled horse mackerel on a thin slice of grilled bread that mirrored the shape of the fillet.
Next came two generous chunks of abalone roasted over embers set on a sauce made from the liver. A pattern became clear: The crew uses different levels of heat and various techniques with the fire to bring out specific qualities in the fish.
One dish will remain a fresh memory every time I think of Saison: a thick chunk of toasted soy-soaked Tartine bread, crisp yet soft at the same time, topped with local sea urchin glazed with soy and egg yolk.
Simple twist
After such a complex play of flavors, it was soothing to have the more familiar flavor of trout smoked in the wood oven, mellowed by a brush of sauce made from the bones.
A white bowl that looked like a cloud of foam arrived next. When diners dug through the froth with the wooden spoon, they found bites of smoked white asparagus and refreshing notes of Mandarin. The waiters also brought a six-pack of house-baked pull-apart rolls.
More and more chefs are incorporating Asian flavors into their Western tasting menus and Skenes is no different. He poached a chunk of black cod in sea water and accented it with Thai seasonings - galangal, rangpur and kaffir limes in a puddle of sauce that uses yogurt for creaminess rather than coconut milk. It was topped with a thin slice of dried plantain.
That was rapidly followed by two fat spears of asparagus cooked in their juices and grilled, plated next to bubbly foam and drizzles of several kinds of olive oil.
To segue into the meat course, the waiter brought out a scoop of what looked like ice cream but was actually an olive oil foam and white chocolate ice that carried the flavor of toffee and intensely salty, smoked olives.
That led to the only non-seafood or vegetable offering - wood pigeon aged in-house to intensify its gaminess. It was served rare, tamed with a brushing of sunflower seed butter, accompanied by sunchokes and morels filled with creamy forcemeat.
Dessert included pastry chef Shawn Gawle's manicured disk of jasmine cream and rhubarb, kumquat slices, a tangle of raw rhubarb threads, and rocky chunks of sorrel granita. With staccato precision, a black walnut souffle arrived next, accompanied by a pingpong-size ball of ice cream that echoed the flavor of the souffle.
When we thought we were done, out came buckwheat tea - ending the meal the way we began - and a collection of mignardises. Those included a truffle-like candy that held another surprise - a gush of vanilla-scented liquid.
As we were sipping the tea, the waiter brought out a bamboo steamer basket with two canneles, and as we headed toward the door we received a muffin-like cardamom brioche cake for the next day's breakfast, and a copy of the menu.
In the year since my last visit, the restaurant has found its center, and the service has become smooth, understated and seemingly effortless. Saison is now playing in the big leagues.
At my weeknight dinner, the restaurant's 18 seats were filled with a young, casual crowd - one diner even wore shorts, a white V-neck undershirt and Converse high tops. Saison might have upgraded, but it still hasn't lost its edge.
For all these reasons, Saison is The Chronicle's newest four-star restaurant.
178 Townsend St. (near Second Street), San Francisco
(415) 828-7990. www.saisonsf.com.
Dinner 6-10 pm. Tuesday-Saturday. Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted. Valet $20; $30 if the Giants are playing at AT&T Park.
Overall: Rating: FOUR STARS
Food: Rating: FOUR STARS
Service: Rating: FOUR STARS
Atmosphere: Rating: THREE AND A HALF STARS
Prices: $$$$ (Fixed-price menu $248 or $398; wine pairings, $248)
Noise rating: Noise Rating: TWO BELLS Can talk easily (65-70 decibels)
Rating: FOUR STARS Extraordinary Rating: THREE STARS Excellent Rating: TWO STARS Good Rating: ONE STAR Fair Noise Rating: BOMB Poor
Michael Bauer is The San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant critic. Find his blog at http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com and his reviews on www.sfgate.com. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @michaelbauer1


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First Looks: Holux GPSmile 62 Car Navigator
Holux GPSmile 62 Car Navigator
Holux GPSmile 62 Car Navigator
GPS navigation systems haven't really been the best-looking of devices, what with most of them being chunky and nondescript. Fortunately, all that is about to change thanks to Taiwanese GPS specialist, Holux, and its latest offering, the ultra-slim GPSmile 62.
Good Looks
The first thing you'll probably notice about the Holux GPSmile 62 is how slim it is. At only 1.45cm thick, it is easily one of the thinnest 5-inch GPS car navigation devices available in the market now. To top it off, the Holux GPSmile 62 also boasts a 5-inch TFT screen with a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels. It looks great, but more importantly, the screen is legible even under the harshest afternoon sun. It's not just about the screen however, as this unit is easily one of the better looking GPS navigators we've seen.
X Marks the Spot
The Holux GPSmile 62 is powered by Papago's X3! navigation software, which has been specially developed for Singapore and Malaysia. The unit came preloaded with two map sets of Singapore and Malaysia, one set being the official maps by the Singapore Land Authority and the other by Malfreemaps, an online mapping community. Together with the Papago X3! navigation software, it offers unique features like 3D navigation, which shows the maps in a 3D perspective and displays prominent landmarks.
Other useful additions include the Reality Junction View, which helps drivers to identify the correct expressway exit to take; and the Lane Assist Feature, which guides drivers into the correct lane.
The best feature of the Holux GPSmile 62 is how it searches for your destination. Because it is loaded with the official maps from the Singapore Land Authority, its database contains all possible addresses and postal codes. This is extremely useful if you need to reach a certain location for the first time and all you have is an address.
If your destination is a place of interest like a shopping mall or tourist attraction, you can use the Points of Interest search option. In it, you can find places such as shopping malls, nightspots, tourist hotspots, restaurants, car parks and even auto workshops.
The actual GPS performance was nothing to shout about. It took ages to get a lock-on from a cold start, and the voice commands can be a bit slow to arrive and therefore confusing. Routing wasn't always ideal either as it sometimes offered us a longer route (since it was trying to plot a route in the direction of the destination and that could mean more turns and traffic lights versus charting a smoother route).
Should you miss a turn or accidentally follow another route, the re-routing was pretty quick, although we found that it has a penchant for telling us to make U-turns, and illegal ones at that!
Final Thoughts
Despite the average GPS performance, the Holux GPSmile 62 is a fairly capable GPS navigator. Destination search was a peach, and we found the new 3D navigation, Reality Junction View and Lane Assist features really helpful. To end, the Holux GPSmile 62 would have been excellent if not for its average routing and its sluggish voice command


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TORONTO – A throng of former and current politicians joined Ontario ex-cabinet minister George Smitherman Friday as he said goodbye to his husband, who committed suicide earlier this week while struggling with depression.
Premier Kathleen Wynne and her predecessor Dalton McGuinty, as well as many members of the Liberal caucus and Toronto city council were on hand to grieve with their colleague.
Christopher Peloso, 40, was found dead by police on Monday, a day after he went missing. He also disappeared in September, but was found by cops two days later in a wooded area near train tracks.
A visibly emotional Smitherman, known for both his aggressive political style and an openness about his private life that's rare among public figures, was near tears as he spoke about his husband's battle with mental illness and breaking the news to their two young children, both under the age of six.
The pressures Peloso felt were "unbelievable and insurmountable," Smitherman said.
"He had so much strength," he told the packed crowd in a downtown community centre.
"He would never say no, he would never complain and he certainly would never really ask for help."
Peloso was a devoted stay-at-home dad to their adopted son and daughter and adored his adult biological daughter from a previous relationship, Smitherman said. He loved animals to the point of pulling over to the side of the road to rescue an injured bird.
His husband was a private person, but supported Smitherman in his political career, even pushing him to run for a federal seat in 2013 when former Liberal leader Bob Rae stepped down, he said.
"While we can focus on the glaring reality that he took his own life at a shockingly young age, you mustn't lose sight of his mark on me and our family," Smitherman said.
"We are his legacy project. I'm the better man for it."
Peloso's father Reno said he and his wife are struggling with guilt about what they could have done to stop their son from taking his own life. But the outpouring of support is helping them through it, he said.
"It's going to make it easier for us, when people come up to us and say, 'What happened?'," he said.
"It's going to be easier for us to say, 'You know what? Chris suffered from depression, he committed suicide and there's no shame in that.'"
Former Toronto mayor Barbara Hall, a close family friend, said Peloso worked hard to deal with his deep depression.
"In recent months he spoke often of the stigma and the stereotypes he felt and feared because of his illness," she said.
"Society and attitudes are changing, but not fast enough, leaving too many like Christopher defeated."
She urged the crowd to create a legacy for Peloso, where stigma surrounding mental illness is eliminated and all loved ones are supported through illness, "whatever form it takes."
Smitherman, 49, and Peloso, a former executive at chocolate company Lindt, met about 20 years ago and were married in August 2007. They later adopted two children, Michael and Kayla.
Smitherman, who was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1999, served as deputy premier, health minister and energy and infrastructure minister before stepping down in 2010 to run for Toronto mayor. He lost to Rob Ford.


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Northeast Ohio Chapter
The Northeast Ohio Chapter is extremely dedicated to the SCA prevention cause, especially in their efforts to get AEDs in all Ohio schools. The chapter's public access to defibrillation program, PADS of Lorain County, was formed in 2001 to equip all schools in the county with AEDs and to provide AED and CPR training to staff and students. The program received national attention, earning commendations from a variety of SCA advocacy and education groups, and it increased the number of available AEDs in schools from eight to more than 100.
The chapter also started the HeartSafe Kids initiative, which ensures that all children from kindergarten through high school would be trained in emergency exercises and situations. This multifaceted program was the catalyst for pushing through state legislative mandates for AEDs and also recommended that the state fund AEDs for all schools and the majority of public places. The chapter's steering committee includes SCA survivors, ICD patients, and an electrophysiologist, all of whom have been busy planning an expansive agenda.
Executive Committee Members
Jon Cummings, Pacing Sales Representative, Medtronic
Herb de la Porte, Vice President, LifeCare Ambulance, Elyria, OH
Candy Denton, R.N., Cardiac Nurse, North Ohio Heart Center, Elyria, OH
Patrick Gowell, Associate Clinical Specialist, Medtronic, USA, Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, Cleveland, OH
Kim Haney, M.Ed., A.T.C., Medical Health Technology Teacher, Amherst Steele High School
Sandy Hine, R.N., B.S.N., Retired Nursing Supervisor, Lorain County General Health District, Elyria, OH
Nick Mezlak, Community Activist, Family Member of Cardiac Patients, Friend of Cardiac Arrest Survivor, Lorain, OH
Kara J. Quan, M.D., FACC, FACP, Electrophysiologist at North Ohio Heart Center, Elyria, OH
Medical Director
Al Sprenger, Jr., Sales Representative, Boston Scientific
Connie Carmany, R.N., B.S.N., Wellington, OH
Past Chairman
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association of Northeast Ohio
Wednesday, September 29th at 8 a.m.
LCCC Spitzer Center
TWENTY CHILDREN WILL DIE TODAY AND ABOUT ONE THOUSAND ADULTS WILL DIE TODAY IN THE U.S. FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST! You just don't know yet who or where it will be. But you CAN help to prevent it. Join us in our commitment to save those lives!
We are writing to you on behalf of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA), Northeast Ohio Chapter. Our mission is simple: to prevent loss of life from Sudden Cardiac Arrest!
At this year's free public informational breakfast, we are highlighting the following:, "Heartsafe Sports", program to give improved sports physicals, including cardiac exams, ECGs and echocardiograms, to junior high and senior high school students;
"Heartsafe Kids", which teaches lifesaving skills including CPR and AED to school children from Kindergarten through 12th grade, in age-appropriate, innovative ways using all the latest in 21st-century technology;
"Be the Beat", American Heart Association'sinitiative in the schools to encourage students to learn CPR/AED;
Sudden Cardiac Arrest among athletes and children, why it occurs, what we can do;
"Project AED", WKYC-TV's investigational report on AEDs in NE Ohio communities.
Founded and incorporated in 2005, the SCAA identifies and unites survivors, those at risk of sudden cardiac arrest, as well as others who are interested in being advocates or "champions" of the cause in their communities and beyond. We are dedicated to promoting solutions to prevent sudden cardiac death, including increased awareness, immediate bystander action, public access to defibrillation (PAD) and access to therapies (principally ICDS--implantable cardiac defibrillators).
As part of our increased public awareness, we are inviting you to attend, free of charge, our "Breakfast of Champions 2010"! Perhaps best of all, we are actually giving away AEDs and CPR/AED supplies as door prizes! You could win one for your organization!
This information is valuable for medical people, doctors, nurses, technicians, first responders, families and friends of victims and survivors, community leaders, EMS, hospitals, community service organizations, health clubs, businesses, churches, foundations, schools (administrators, athletic directors, school nurses, health teachers), news media, or other community members interested in being "champions" of the cause!
This entire event is free of charge! So please respond promptly to the attached invitation, as seating is limited!
Breakfeast of Champions - 2010 Invitation
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association of Northeast Ohio's
"Breakfast of Champions--2010"
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:00-10:00 A.M.
Lorain County Community Center
Spitzer Conference Center
1005 Abbe Rd. N., Elyria, OH 44035
(just south of Route 2)
7:45 Registration and Complimentary Breakfast
8:15 Welcome and Introductions:
Connie Carmany, R.N., Chairman, SCAA of NE Ohio
8:25 "Heartsafe Sports" improved sports physicals for schools
"Stayin' Alive--Be the Beat/Heartsafe Kids" innovative ways to teach CPR/AED to students in the schools
Kim Haney, M.Ed, A.T.C., Medical Health Technology Teacher, Amherst
8:40 "Sudden Cardiac Arrest Among Athletes—Why does it happen and what can we do about it?"
Dr. Kara Quan, Electrophysiologist at North Ohio Heart Center
9:00 "Project AED" WKYC-TV's investigative report on AED placement in NE Ohiocommunities
Eric Mansfield, news anchor, WKYC-TV
9:25 "Local Champions"
Recognized by SCAA of NE Ohio
9:40 Door Prizes and Q & A
The purpose of this informational breakfast is to make northeast Ohio schools, emergency services, community leaders, and other non-profit organizations aware of the most up-to-date information regarding AEDs, sudden cardiac arrest, and Public Access Defibrillation Programs. So much has changed in the past few years that it is vital for our schools and communities to be in the know regarding saving lives with CPR and AEDs.
Executive Committee of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association of N.E.Ohio: Connie Carmany, R.N., Chairman; Jon Cummings, Pacing Sales Representative, Medtronic; Herb de la Porte, Vice President, LifeCare Ambulance, Elyria, OH; Candy Denton, R.N. North Ohio Heart Center; Patrick Gowell, Clinical Specialist, Medtronic; Kim Haney, M.Ed., A.T.C., Medical Health Technology Teacher, Amherst Steele High School; Sandy Hine, R.N., retired Nursing Supervisor, Lorain County General Health District; Krisia Kirk, NE Ohio Representative, St. Jude Medical; Timothy Kiedrowski, SCA survivor; Nick Mezlak, community activist for SCA Prevention; Kara J. Quan, M.D., FACC, FACP, Electrophysiologist at North Ohio Heart Center, Elyria, OH, Medical Director; Al Sprenger, Jr., Sales Representative, Boston Scientific.
AED Presentation to Huntington Twp. Trustees by Defibtech and SCAA of NE Ohio. Front Row: Becky Unangst, Proprietor, Chet & Fran's Country Store; Peggy Harris, Twp. Fiscal Officer; Connie Carmany, RN, Chairman SCAA of NE Ohio; Butch Holmes, Twp. Trustee; Mary Beth Derikito, Twp. Trustee; Pat Wilkinson, Director, SCLAD. Back Row: Walt Rollin, Twp. Trustee; Todd Ickes, LifeServers, Inc.; Doug Huffman, LifeServers, Inc.; Dennis Finkel, Twp. Road Foreman; Bernie Nirode, Sports Official; Doug Hastings, Twp. Groundskeeper
October 9-11, 2009 – National SCAA Meeting in Chicago
Two members of our Executive Committee, Timothy Kiedrowski and Connie Carmany, attended the National SCAA Meeting in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009. The three days were packed with excellent presentations and practical information for regional chapters.
Pictured at the National SCAA Meeting in Chicago: Richard Brown, former President of Board Of Directors; Connie Carmany, NE Ohio Chapter; Antonio Ciaccia, former Operations Manager; two SCAA members, and Timothy Kiedrowski, NE Ohio (on right)
SCAA of NE Ohio Participates in "Us Against Athero" Interactive Exhibit
SCAA of NE Ohio volunteers helped to educate the public about atherosclerosis and the risks of heart attack, stroke, and sudden cardiac arrest over the Labor Day weekend event, a "Taste of Cleveland". In a cooperative arrangement with the Lorain County Community College School of Nursing, nursing students, along with other SCAA volunteers staffed the "Us Against Athero" exhibit, which is a traveling, interactive educational tour sponsored by AstraZeneca. They helped to usher visitors into the "Artery Explorer", an air-conditioned motion simulator which takes guests on a ride through the arteries to see how plaque builds and what we can do to prevent it.
SCAA of NE Ohio volunteers Bryce Lafler and mom, Jennifer Lafler, show off "The Artery Explorer" to visitors
Northeast Ohio's 2008 Activities
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